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' SASH HOLDER. Patented May 9, 1893.

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STEPHEN R. KIRBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 497,185, dated May 9, 1893.

Application filed September 21, 1892. Serial No. 446,382. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN R. KIRBY, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Anti-Rattler for Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to anti-rattlers for windows; and the object of my invention is to produce a very cheap and simple device which may be secured to a window sash of any description, which will work automatically, which will take up all lost motion of the sash and prevent rattling, and which may be fastened easily if desired so as not to interfere with the free sliding of the sash.

To these ends my invention consists in an anti-rattler, the construction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, as applied to a window sash, the sash being broken away and a portion of the frame shown in section; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

The anti-rattler embodying my invention, is provided with a wedge 10, which is adapted to slide on the sash and take up all slack between the sash and the adjacent frame or bead strip, and this wedge has a recess 11 in front, the recess being deepest at the upper and thick end of the wedge. The wedge is adapted to slide in a base plate or housing 12 which is let into the sash 14, so that when the wedge is pushed closely into the housing its front face will be flush with the face of the sash, and the housing is provided preferably at the top with a flange 13, which facilitates its easy and secure fastening to the sash. It will be understood, however, that the plate may be dispensed with and the wedge held to slide in a housing formed by cutting into the sash, without departing from the principle of the invention. It is better to use the plate, however, as it prevents wear and improves the appearance of the anti-rattler.

The wedge 10 is slotted vertically, as shown at 15, and extending through this slot is the bolt 16 of a ring bolt, the bolt being secured firmly to the plate'12, and the ring 17 on the outer end of the bolt is adapted to swing within the recess 11 of the wedge. When the ring 17 is turned up, as shown in the drawings, against the top wall of the recess 11 in the wedge, the wedge is fastened in place and its front face is flush with the shell of the sash 1 f, as best shown in Fig. 2 When, however, the ring is pulled out and permitted to hang down, the wedge slides downward, as shown by dotted lines. in Fig. 2, and at every movement of the window the wedge drops farther until it reaches its low est position, in which position it will bind the sash 14 between the parting bead 18 and the bead strip 19 of the windowframe, so that the wedge is really automatic in its action and prevents any rattling whatever.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An improved anti-rattling device for at tachment to window sashes, composed of a wedge shaped housing, a movable slotted wedge adapted to slide in said housing, a bolt fixed to the housing and projecting through the slot in the wedge, and a pivoted device adapted to be swung into position to support the wedge when retracted, as shown and described.

2. The combination with a window sash, having a wedge-shaped housing in its face, of a recessed longitudinally slotted wedge held to slide in the housing, a bolt extending through the slot of the wedge and secured to the sash, and a ring pivoted in the outer end of the bolt and adapted to swing in the recess of the wedge, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a window sash having a wedge-shaped housing in its face, of a movable wedge held to slide in the housing and adapted to fit between the sash and an adjacent portion of the frame, and a fastening device to hold the wedge within the housing, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a window sash, of a wedge-shaped housing produced in the ICO sash, a bed plate let into the housing and fasthe recess of the Wedge, substantially as detened to the sash, a Wedge held to slide on scribed. the bed plate,' the Wedge having a recess in V its front and a slot in its back, a bolt extend- S 1 EPHEN KIRBY' 5 ing through the slot of the Wedge and secured Vitnesses:

to the bed plate, and a ring; pivoted in the G. T. STOCKTON, outer end of the bolt and held to swing in JOSEPH A. KUHNS. 

